Path of Exile Recombinator Crafting

Recombinators are special Currency Items that are used to craft equipment. In short, you break two things of the same type (eg Gloves) to get one with the mods that were on these two things. Mods are chosen absolutely randomly, so the result will be an item that will have one or more mods from items used for crafting. But there is also a chance to lose the mods that were on one or both of the items, getting an item with fewer mods that were on the equipment used for crafting. There is also a very low chance that an exclusive Sentinel modifier will appear on the item (for example Blood Magic Keystone as Suffix).

The following will describe various conditions to help you better understand how Recombinator Crafting works.

• The final base is chosen from items that were used for crafting. Therefore, if you want a certain base, use two of the same when crafting, otherwise, the chance will be 50/50. Sockets and links, implicits, corrupted status (if it had it) and influence are preserved on the selected item base. Legacy modifiers can also carry over to the new item.
• Influence mods do not transfer to a non-influence (or another influence) item base. To increase the chance to save Influence mods, use two bases with the same influence.
• However, base-specific mods can be transferred to another new base (for example faster start of Energy Shield Recharge from ES armour to Evasion armour).
• Mod Tiers can be either improved (higher tiers mean better roll ranges) or lowered on the item obtained as a result of crafting.
• The item obtained as a result of crafting can have two or even three League-specific mods (such as Essence, Delve or Incursion), either one League or different (item with Delve and Essence mods).
• As a result of crafting, you can get an item with two Fractured modifiers.
• The item level of the items used affects crafting. The final result can have ilevel of one of the things or their average value.

• Doesn’t respec Metamod (such as Cannot roll Attack Modifiers).
• We do not recommend using magic (1-2 mods) or rare items with 3-4 mods. The fewer mobs on both items, the fewer mods will result, so 2 rares with 3 mods both can result in an item with 1-2 mods.

How to get Recombinators?

They are part of the Sentinel League, so they can be obtained as loot from mobs that have been empowered by the Sentinels. The chances of them dropping can be increased by using Sentinel Controller mods such as Rewards are X% more likely to be Sentinel Rewards, as well as using Sentinels with X% chance for Empowered Enemies to have a Sentinel Reward modifier.

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